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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 71: parents through Line 101: No free man needs a God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kinbote leaves his blinds open to give him a better view of what?
(a) The library.
(b) The Shade's living room.
(c) Garden Avenue.
(d) The gardener.

2. What typically goes on at the I.P.H.?
(a) People gather to discuss Zemblan history.
(b) Poets gather to read their work.
(c) People gather to discuss different species of birds.
(d) People gather to discuss the after-life.

3. What is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?
(a) A pheasant's feet.
(b) A great bear.
(c) A snowflake falling to the ground.
(d) A bird flying into a window.

4. King Alfin the Vague was an amateur______ .
(a) Gardener.
(b) Poet.
(c) Ornothologist.
(d) Pilot.

5. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?
(a) Birds.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Zembla.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Shade's daughter is how old at the beginning of Canto Three?

2. Which of the following best describes John Shade's idea of life on earth?

3. John Shade comes to the realization that he can not find what at the I.P.H.?

4. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?

5. Of the following, which most accurately describes the lines in the first stanza of Canto One?

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